Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century

Authors: Alan Desbonnet, Barry a. Costa-Pierce Publisher: Springer Edition: 1 Publish Year: 2008 ISBN: 9780387352985 In the U.S., approximately two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely degraded from nutrient pollution. The contributors to this book use long-term data sets to discuss the interactions among biological, ecological, chemical, and physical processes, and discuss what is known about nutrient inputs to the bay ecosystem, the impacts related to nutrient inputs, and how the ecosystem might respond to a sudden reduction in these inputs.